The mana was a bit light, I'm not used to going 16 but I felt like in this deck it was justified. The curve topped at 5 aside from Flashback cards and I couldn't cut another spell for the life of me :) I decided to go with the 2nd rites in the board since I couldn't get myself to cut another creature since I was light on those, and I couldn't see a spell to cut. Maybe the cleaver was the call to cut, but I felt it was quite necessary in the deck. The scarecrow also got the axe since I didn't have any "bombs" to stall to so I needed guys who could turn sideways more than guys to stop them from turning sideways. Le sigh, I don't know. Anyway the deck durdled very well, and when it died while durdling it didn't, but if you let me durdle around, I ground ya out :P
Went 2-1 losing in the finals to a GW travel prep deck. He didn't let me durdle :(
P1P1: Eek, this is really close! I could see picking the Volley since it IS the only Red card in the pack while there are several okay-ish Whites, but perhaps going for raw power is good. I'd be thinking for abit on this pick!
ReplyDeleteP1P2: I like this pick a lot. You can cut Blue here, probably.
P1P4: I think this is a fine pick but perhaps the White trick is better...?
P1P5: Perhaps your pick is right here but I found myself considering the Feeling of Dread, here...
P1P6: Drake is definitely better than Alchemy when you haven't taken any Black.
P1P7: I take the Assistant here, I think. I don't think it's worth moving into Black and the Dead Weight might be a "fluke" signal.
P1P10: I think I'd take the Spare from Evil here.
P2P1: I like the Lantern Spirit better, here.
P2P3: I don't HATE the pick, but I think you should've gone with the Skaab.
P2P6: I think Black should be your Splash, not White, but I've made quite a lot of different picks than you here...
P2P9: Nice! On the Crossway; Red has been pretty open as far as I can tell and she is hard on the mana...
P2P12: You want another Witch, here.
P2P13: Maybe Maw for the sideboard? It probably doesn't matter.
P3P1: The pick here is between Rites, Scholar and Gallows Warden, in my opinion. I don't think your black is deep enough to safely run Victim. I think I'd take the Rites with your picks, the Warden if you had sticked more to White.
P3P9: Okay, WHAT IS HAPPENING!? How can people not know this card is good?! Someone took CURSE OF THE PIERCED HEART over it?!
Deck; I think I cut Cleaver for the second Rites.
P1P7 - I slam the deranged assistant here. That guy is awesome and one of the only ways to get a turn 3 stitched drake.
ReplyDeleteP1P9 - I don't love the flail but if it's ever good it's in the skies deck... which just so happens to be UW. I'd take it here. Cutting be damned.
P2P2 - I probably take the brimstone volley here. It's just too good.
P2P3 - I certainly don't like this pick, but that's just me. I take the enabler and I'm happy.
P2P6 - alright, I concede that you may have read these signals better than I.
P3P1 - I don't hate this pick.
P3P8 - I still take the deranged assistant here.
Deckbuilding - I dunno if I like the rites sitting in the board here, but what do I know? I might play it over think twice : - x.